| Organizing Your Recyclables | | | | not escaping all over the place and causing a mess. |
| If you want to start recycling some of the items | | | | Magazines may also have to be bundled together so |
| you commonly have cluttering up your house, you'll | | | | that they are in neat stacks and don't cause a mess. |
| need to come up with an organizational system that | | | | Plastic bottles should be rinsed out and have the lids |
| you can stick to no matter what. The organizational | | | | removed before you place them in the bin |
| system will help to keep your house from getting | | | | designated for plastic. Once you start your system, |
| cluttered with recyclables, but it will also help you to | | | | keep up with it every time by washing out bottles |
| keep everything organized so that having your | | | | and cans each time you use them and keeping the |
| recyclables picked up or dropping them off at a | | | | newspapers and magazines in manageable stacks. |
| recycling center is not a hassle at all. Organizing your | | | | Having Your Recyclables Picked Up |
| recyclables starts with setting up your system and | | | | If you are going to have your recyclables picked up |
| then maintaining it each and every week for the best | | | | by your community or your municipal trash hauling |
| results. | | | | company, you need to find out when pickups are and |
| Developing a System | | | | how your recyclables need to be packaged in order |
| You'll need to sort your recyclables to keep them | | | | for them to be picked up. Some companies require |
| organized, so you may want to buy several large bins | | | | that your recyclables be in specially-marked bags. |
| or heavy duty trash cans so you can sort your | | | | Others require that you use large plastic trash cans |
| recyclables each day instead of doing them all at | | | | that they can empty when they arrive at your house |
| once in a session that may take hours. You'll need to | | | | and place on our property when they are empty. Be |
| buy your containers and then mark them if you have | | | | sure to remember when pickup day is or you may |
| other family members who need reminding about | | | | be stuck with cans and bottles piling up while you |
| what recyclables go where. | | | | wait until the next week for another pickup. |
| Preparing Your Items for Recycling | | | | Dropping Off Recyclables |
| You need to follow the instructions given by your | | | | You can also drop off your recyclables at your local |
| community recycling center or municipal pickup group | | | | community center if it offers a recycling program. |
| so you can be sure that all of your items are | | | | Again, ask ahead of time to find out how you need |
| accepted. Cans should be rinsed out and put in their | | | | to bundle newspapers and magazines and how you |
| own separate bin. Bottle should also be rinsed out. | | | | should pack cans and bottles. |
| Any caps or safety seals should be removed from | | | | Having your organizational system in place will help |
| bottles before putting them in your bottle container. | | | | you to keep your home free of clutter and help you |
| Newspapers need to be bundled together so they're | | | | remember when recycling day is in your town. |